Friday, March 14, 2008

China admits Tibet monk protests

China admits Tibet monk protestsChinese officials have acknowledged that Buddhist monks were protesting in the Tibetan city of Lhasa this week. Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the authorities had "stabilised" the situation. Unconfirmed reports earlier this week said as many as 600 monks had taken part in rallies, and that police used tear gas to disperse them.

The Chinese censored the CNN news report as it was broadcast when they cut to this story and showed shots of the protest, it’s 5 months to go and the Chinese seem to have underestimated by some margin that the world is watching them and what they are doing and not the sport.